--- title: As soon as the time came when he was to declare the secret, he was t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the time came when he was to declare the secret, he was taken before the king with the three branches and the golden cup; and the twelve princesses stood listening behind the door to hear what he would say. Who acts: thing, twelve princesses. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thing, twelve princesses), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg2591:10:45 # text = As soon as the time came when he was to declare the secret, he was taken before the king with the three branches and the golden cup; and the twelve princesses stood listening behind the door to hear what he would say. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 18 before before ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 listening listen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 xcomp _ _ 36 behind behind ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 obj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | | time | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | thing | | | | | declare *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past · passive | | thing | | | before the king | with the three branches and the golden cup | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before king=Destination | | 4 | **stand** | past | the twelve princesses | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **listen** | gerund | the twelve princesses *not said here* | | | | | behind the door | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind door=Theme | | 6 | **hear** | to-infinitive | the twelve princesses *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | thing | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/46/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/)